Naked cannibal killed by Miami police while chewing face of another man

A naked man has been shot and killed by police in Miami, Florida, while eating the face of another naked man lying next to him on a freeway off-ramp in a horrific incident described by one witness as ‘the most gruesome thing I have ever seen in my life’.

The naked men can be seen in a still taken from security cameras outside the Miami Herald newspaper building

The man was killed by an officer from the city’s police after refusing to back away from the other man, who is fighting for his life in hospital after suffering critical injuries.

The ghoulish incident took place near the MacArthur Causeway on the doorstep of the Miami Herald, with the newspaper’s security cameras filming events.

A police officer approached the man after being flagged down by a passer-by and ordered him to move away from the man whose face he was eating.

After he refused to acknowledge the officer’s warning he opened fire, with witnesses reporting at least six shots fired.

Witness Larry Vega said: ‘I told him to get off, and the guy just kept eating the other guy away.’

Describing the scene after the police officer issued his warning, he added: ‘The guy just stood, his head up like that, with pieces of flesh in his mouth. And he growled.’

None of the identities of those involved have been released, while speculation is rife the dead man was suffering from psychosis associated with drug use.

It is also thought the victim was a homeless man who was already lying down on the off-ramp at the time of the attack.

After the officer was hailed as a ‘hero’ by his colleagues, Sergeant Altarr Williams, supervisor of Miami Police’s homicide unit, said individuals did not have to be armed to be dangerous

‘There are other ways to injure people,’ he said. ‘Some people know martial arts, others are very strong and can kill you with their hands.’